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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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[Photo News] Vehicle donation
PeopleDec. 6, 2013
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Ancient beliefs spirited away in the shift to modernity
Shamanistic practices were considered an aspect of Korea that needed to be stamped out in its shift to industrialization and modernization. In the 1970s, the government-initiated New Year’s campaigns, promoted in newspapers, stressed that people must build their own fortune by working hard, rather than depending too much on shamanistic fortunetelling. A few practices have survived despite the government’s attempt to break away from old customs, but most of them are remembered through research an
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Assyrian relic taken in war returned to German museum
MINEOLA, New York (AP) ― A 3,000-year-old gold Assyrian tablet stolen from a German museum during World War II and later possessed by a Holocaust survivor ― who may have gotten it in a trade with Russian soldiers for some cigarettes ― is being returned to Berlin, a New York judge said Wednesday.Smaller than a credit card and weighing about one-third of an ounce, the relic known as the Ishtar Temple Tablet had been the subject of a New York legal battle over its ownership.Last month, the state’s
CultureDec. 5, 2013
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U.S. losing silent film heritage, report finds
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― More than two-thirds of silent movies shot in the United States between 1912 and 1929 no longer exist, says the Library of Congress in a report Wednesday underscoring an urgent need to preserve old motion pictures.Out of the 11,000 films made on U.S. soil in the early years of cinema, just 14 percent of them, or 1,575 in all, survive in their original 35 millimeter format, it said.A smaller number exist only in foreign versions or in lower-quality formats, while five percent a
FilmDec. 5, 2013
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National library to open in Sejong City
In line with the second phase of the central government administration’s relocation to Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City in late December, the National Library of Korea, Sejong branch, will open to the public on Dec. 12. Aiming to become the hub of administration information in the country, the 21,077-square-meter library, located at the tail of the city’s long administrative complex building, will eventually store more than 3.3 million books and an even larger amount of digital information. “
CultureDec. 5, 2013
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Ringing in the holidays with K-pop carols
For those looking to celebrate the Yuletide with K-pop rather than traditional Christmas carols, there will be no shortage of new releases to choose from by the end of the year. In honor of the holiday season, many K-pop artists have or are scheduled to release special season’s greetings-inspired tracks to usher in Christmas and the New Year. The artists of Cube and A Cube Entertainment came together as Cube United for the collaborative holiday single “Christmas Song” ― not a variation of Mel To
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Newport Jazz to add third festival day to mark 60th year
NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) ― The Newport Jazz Festival is adding a third day of music to mark its 60th anniversary and will focus that day on new and emerging acts, part of a plan to ensure the event does not become a “museum piece,’’ festival producer George Wein said Wednesday.At least one already familiar name ― John Zorn ― will be on hand to help kick off one of the world’s top jazz festivals when it begins during the day, Aug. 1, rather than its traditional evening start.Zorn will bring his
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Psy, SNSD recognized on Time’s Top 10 Everything of 2013
Time magazine has selected the music video for Psy’s comedic single “Gentleman” as the No. 1 Viral Video of 2013 as well as Girls’ Generation’s “I Got a Boy” as No. 5 on the Top 10 Songs of 2013 in the magazine’s list set of the Top 10 Everything of 2013. Psy and Girls’ Generation were the only two Koreans on the publication’s set of Top 10 lists. Rap star Psy’s “Gentleman” music video raked up more than 595 million hits on YouTube since it was released in April. “Think lightning can’t strike tw
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Book reconnects Buenos Aires slum residents to their city
ShantytownBy Cesar Aira (New Directions)The Argentine writer Cesar Aira is a master of dark and forgotten places. Like his late countryman Jorge Luis Borges, he writes narratives that feel like fables. He is the author of 80 books, most of them novellas, only a handful of which have been translated into English.At a slim 128 pages, “Shantytown” recounts a story set in a slum, or “villa miseria,” as they’re known in Buenos Aires. I lived within earshot of such a Buenos Aires shantytown not long a
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Academia blends with police work in ‘Crooked Numbers’
Crooked NumbersBy Tim O’Mara (Minotaur)Tim O’Mara gives the academic mystery ― too long mired in the machinations of university politics ― a fresh view by imbuing it with elements of the police procedural. Instead of the usual disagreements and one-upmanship among professors and deans, O’Mara’s intricate plot delivers an exciting look at the inner workings of the education system and the economic boundaries that separate people.The difference is O’Mara’s unusual hero ― Raymond Donne, a former NY
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Lewis writes a graphic memoir of civil rights
John Lewis does not usually smile for the camera. Paradoxically enough, he laughs when this is pointed to him during a telephone interview. “A lot of people tell me that,” he says.On the flyleaf to “March: Book One,” the graphic memoir authored by Lewis, Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, there is a photo typical of Lewis, a civil rights icon and Georgia congressman. The Capitol dome at his back, he faces the camera with a dogged expression as if the photo session were just one more thing he h
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Amy Tan explores world of courtesans in China
In Amy Tan’s newest novel, she returns to familiar ground: the relationships between mothers and daughters amid moral ambiguity.But in “The Valley of Amazement,” Tan proves there are plenty of surprises left when the mothers and daughters inhabit the world of courtesans in turn-of-the-century Shanghai. For 600-plus pages, she delves into the secrets of the women who lived on that precarious rung of society, tolerated and even celebrated but not fully accepted.Tan hasn’t written a new novel in ei
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Late Korean curator of Smithsonian honored
Ex-Smithsonian curator Cho Chang-soo has been posthumously awarded the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit, one of the highest cultural honors in South Korea. Cho died at age 83 in 2009 after dedicating the majority of her life to introducing Korean history to the American public. She began working in the anthropology department of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in 1965 as a museum specialist in Asian ethnology. She later joined the Asian Cultural History Program at the Smithsonia
PeopleDec. 5, 2013
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[Photo News] Amorepacific's glowing exports
PeopleDec. 5, 2013
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[Photo News] Credit facility for Jordan
PeopleDec. 5, 2013
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U.N. opens center for disabled sponsored by Korea, Samsung
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― The United Nations, in conjunction with the South Korean government and Samsung Electronics Co., launched a new in-house assistance center on Wednesday that can improve the international organization’s accessibility to disabled people.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; U.N. General Assembly President John Ashe; President of the Youth Section of the World Federation of the Deaf, Jenny Nilsson; as well as Kang Seong-ju, a director general at South Korea’s Ministry of Scie
PeopleDec. 5, 2013
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U.S. ambassador to receive Korean-American Club Award
U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim will receive the inaugural Korean-American Club Award on Monday.The club is a research society and social group of former and current Korean correspondents to the United States. Pong Du-wan, also known as “David Pong,” former news anchorman of the now defunct TBC-TV, heads the club.The award recognizes Kim’s accomplishments in the continued development of Korean-U.S. relations and the strong alliance between the two countries. Kim served as a Special Envoy in th
PeopleDec. 5, 2013
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Boohwal’s vocalist Jung Dong-ha to marry next year
Jung Dong-ha, the vocalist of South Korean rock band Boohwal, announced Thursday that he is marrying his girlfriend of eight years.“Next year, I will tie the knot with my girlfriend who has waited and supported me for more than eight years,” the 33-year-old singer said on his official online fan page. In the letter titled “Promise,” which was addressed to his fans, he said, “This year was a blessing, thanks to my fans supporting my dreams with me.”The singer said he is planning to hold the weddi
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Making, sharing kimchi listed as UNESCO heritage
Kimjang, the tradition of making and sharing of kimchi that usually takes place in winter, was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list on Thursday. The listing will allow Korea to not only preserve the annual household tradition and the community spirit that goes with it but also to promote kimchi on a global scale.The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage made the decision during the UNESCO general assembly at Baku, Azerbaijan
CultureDec. 5, 2013
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Singer Min Kyung-hoon discharged from army
South Korean singer Min Kyung-hoon, the former member of rock band Buzz, has been discharged from military service, the local media reported Thursday.Min had a small gathering with his fans in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, the location of the unit he served in for 21 months. The 29-year-old signer plans to work on his solo album after a period of rest. Min made his debut in 2003 as the main vocalist of Buzz, which rose to stardom with many hit songs. He continued his career as a solo singer after t
Dec. 5, 2013